Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bafq (Bafgh), Yazd, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 550
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 145799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bafq (Bafgh), Yazd, Iran": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Baha Abad Area
Chador Malu Fe Deposit
Chahgaz Occurrence
Chahmir Deposit
Chamir Deposit
Cheshmeh-Firuz Occurrence
Chogart Mine
Darreh-Dehu Occurrence
Duzakh Darreh
Esfordi Deposit
Gol-e-Gohar Mine
Kushk Mine (Koushk Deposit)
Mehdi Abad Mine
Taj Kuh Mine
Wedge Occurrence
Zarigan Deposit

Latitude: 31°35'30"N
Longitude: 55°39'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.591666666667,55.658055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sauconite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Variscite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Crichtonite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	550	550	2	67597,67600	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	550	521	2	67597,67602	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	550	521	1	67602	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	550	100	2	67602,67603	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	550	550	1	67594	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	550	550	1	67597	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	550	100	2	67594,67603	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	550	521	4	67594,67597,67600,67602	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	550	100	3	67602,67603,67604	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	100	1	67603	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	145	100	1	67603	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	550	100	4	67594,67597,67602,67603	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	550	550	1	67594	1756
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	550	550	1	67597	31
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	550	550	1	67597	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	550	100	4	67594,67600,67602,67603	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	550	550	1	67600	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	550	550	2	67592,67597	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	550	100	10	67593,67594,67595,67596,67598,67602,67603,67604,67605,67606	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	100	1	67603	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	550	521	1	67602	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	550	521	1	67602	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	550	100	3	67600,67602,67603	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	550	100	2	67591,67603	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	145	100	1	67603	73
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	145	100	1	67603	1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	550	550	4	67592,67597,67599,67600	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	550	550	1	67597	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	145	100	1	67603	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	550	521	2	67594,67602	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	550	550	1	67597	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	550	100	4	67594,67597,67602,67603	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	550	521	3	67594,67600,67602	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	550	550	1	67597	5614
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	145	100	1	67603	56
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	550	100	3	67594,67602,67603	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145	100	1	67603	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	550	100	9	67593,67594,67595,67596,67598,67602,67603,67605,67606	21482
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	550	550	1	67599	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	550	550	1	67597	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	550	550	1	67597	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	550	550	1	67600	2562
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	550	521	1	67602	301
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	550	550	1	67600	939

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00162	541	521	Eocambrian	host rock age	223166	Kushk Mine (Koushk Deposit), Bafq (Bafgh), Yazd, Iran	Kushk	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00245	550	550	550		223166	Kushk Mine (Koushk Deposit), Bafq (Bafgh), Yazd, Iran	Kushk	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00163	145	100	Early Cretaceous	host rock age	223163	Mehdi Abad Mine, Bafq (Bafgh), Yazd, Iran	Mehdiabad	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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